I was out fishing today and I caught this fresh water fish that i've never seen before. Its around 7-8 inches, looks like a tilapia/sunfish/bluegill, but its really stalky. I'll compare him to a grouper of freshwater. Whenever i held him he would open up his mouth right away (not trying to bite but out of a natural instinct of something). He also had a big mouth for his size. Hes brownish but cant remember distinct characteristics. hes in my front pond and i will catch and take a picture of him tmrw. If anyone has any idea, please do not be afraid to post. Thanks, Brad-- ohh and if it helps I caught him by tampa, florida in a little creek.
What kind of fish is this?
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Picture? Or number of fin rays. Centrarchids can usually be identified, or at least narrowed down by looking at its meristics, namely the number spiny rays.
Its smaller then what i thought but just really thick. Cant really see in these pics really well. Its kinda of multi colored and when i saw him in the water he was brown and had thick black tiger stripe like lines. It has more of a tilapias build. Its not round like sunfish and brim.
